Vowels / ʌ / vs.

/ ɒ /
/ ʌ / vs. / ɒ / Dialogue 25

A: Sh! The boss is on the bus!

B: But the boss doesn’t come by bus.

A: Well, this is a bus – and that’s the boss.

B: Oh, yes – at the front.

A: Mm – next to Molly Monk

B: Oh!

Mortimer, Colin. Sound Right!: Selected Sounds in Conversation. Longman, 1985.

/ ʌ / vs. / ɒ / Dialogue 25

/ eɪ / ʃ / ðə bɒs ɪz ɒn ðə bʌs /

/ bi: / bət ðə bɒs dʌznt kʌm baɪ bʌs /

/ eɪ / wel / ðɪs ɪz ə bʌs / ən ðæts ðə bɒs /

/ bi: / əʊ / jes / ət ðə frʌnt /

/eɪ / m / nekst tə mɒlɪ mʌŋk /

/ bi / əʊ /
/ ʌ / vs. / ɒ / Dialogue 26

A: What’s wrong?

B: Nothing’s wrong.

A: Something’s wrong.

B: It’s nothing much.

A: What’s the trouble? Has John come?

B: Mm. Come and gone.

Mortimer, Colin. Sound Right!: Selected Sounds in Conversation. Longman, 1985
/ ʌ / vs. / ɒ / Dialogue 26

/ eɪ / wɒts rɒŋ /

/ bi: / nʌθɪŋz rɒŋ /

/ eɪ / sʌmθɪŋz rɒŋ /

/ bi: / ɪts nʌθɪŋ mʌtʃ /

/ eɪ / wɒts ðə trʌbl / hæz dʒɒn kʌm /

/ bi: / m / kʌm ənd ɡɒn /